Diego Martinez

Diego Martinez (1758-) was a Spanish priest from Seville.

Biography
Martinez was born in Seville to a Roman Catholic Spanish family, and he became an ordained clergyman. During the Peninsular War (1808-1814), Martinez preached against the French Empire's rule over the Iberian Peninsula, spreading anti-French sentiment from the pulpit. He was used as an agent by the Spanish Bourbon government in Seville, stirring up rebellions against France.